Portmeirion Group (PMP) Competitors

Headlam Group (LON:HEAD) and Portmeirion Group (LON:PMP) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.

Is HEAD or PMP a better dividend stock?

Headlam Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Portmeirion Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Headlam Group pays out -65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Portmeirion Group pays out -5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Headlam Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HEAD or PMP?

74.7% of Headlam Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.8% of Portmeirion Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Headlam Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.4% of Portmeirion Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEAD or PMP?

Headlam Group received 30 more outperform votes than Portmeirion Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.26% of users gave Portmeirion Group an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Headlam Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Headlam Group	Outperform Votes 167 59.64%	Underperform Votes 113 40.36%
Portmeirion Group	Outperform Votes 137 70.26%	Underperform Votes 58 29.74%

Is HEAD or PMP more profitable?

Headlam Group has a net margin of -1.98% compared to Portmeirion Group's net margin of -11.53%. Headlam Group's return on equity of -5.80% beat Portmeirion Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Headlam Group	-1.98%	-5.80%	-1.18%
Portmeirion Group	-11.53%	-20.49%	1.87%

Which has more risk and volatility, HEAD or PMP?

Headlam Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portmeirion Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HEAD or PMP?

In the previous week, Portmeirion Group had 4 more articles in the media than Headlam Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Portmeirion Group and 1 mentions for Headlam Group. Headlam Group's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Portmeirion Group's score of 0.09 indicating that Headlam Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Headlam Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Portmeirion Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, HEAD or PMP?

Portmeirion Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Headlam Group. Headlam Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Portmeirion Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Headlam Group	£612.99M	0.11	-£12.12M	-£15.33	-5.62
Portmeirion Group	£95.23M	0.26	-£10.98M	-£79.81	-2.26

Summary

Headlam Group beats Portmeirion Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.